Places
...If I could be any place I have Lived
it would be back in dear Dar-es-Salaam
this is where I left my heart moons ago
a simple yet enthralling and lovely place
Everything one needs on the doorstep
exo...
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Categories:
rudd, africa, creation, england, happiness,
Form: Verse
Paper In Her Shoes
...PAPER IN HER SHOES
She dropped out of school at age 14,
To go to work and put food on her family table.
Even though she was smart enough,
To skip a grade in school.
She used to put paper...
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Categories:
rudd, dedication
Form: Blank verse
Lunch With the Captain
...After two years in the Tonkin Gulf during Vietnam, I was stationed in the Philippines. I was
invited for lunch aboard an Australian destroyer by the ship’s captain. They were getting
underway for...
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Categories:
rudd, adventureme,
Form: Free verse
Stolen Generations
...Federal and State agencies
For nearly one hundred years
Removal of children
Many families feared
Even Church Missions
Got in on the game
The taking of children
That they had no right to cla...
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Categories:
rudd, history, life, places
Form: Rhyme
God's Magic
...To this day the skies have shown
Canadian geese returning, from where they have flown
Vertical
Defenseless white, standing with sheer delight
You’ve weathered the winter’s harsh touch
yet, your...
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Categories:
rudd, nature, seasons, uplifting, spring,
Form: Lyric